If you don’t already know how to knit hats using knitting needles, you might be a bit intimidated by them. Of course if you don’t want to mess with circular knitting needles you can always knit flat hats and sew … Read More ...
Easy Loom Knit Scarf for Beginners
Loom knitting is the perfect yarn craft for busy people. Most projects come together quickly and require only a few basic steps. This is a great entry point for needle knitting to start kids on or even to try yourself.… Read More ...
Homeless Man Knits Hats for Others
I know we all love a heartwarming story about knitting, right? This one comes to us via the Medford Mail Tribune (that’s in Oregon) and profiles Trinidad Flores, a homeless man who spends his time loom knitting hats to … Read More ...
Knit a Simple Hat on a Knitting Loom
Do you ever loom knit? I do from time to time, though I still feel like knitting with needles is faster, it’s sometimes fun to do something a little different.
This loom knit hat tutorial from Do it Your Freaking … Read More ...
Review: Oval Loom Knit Collection
When I think of loom knitting, I usually think of hats and tube scarves, because to me that’s what looms are for. You’re supposed to use all the pegs all the time, right?
The truth is you can use just … Read More ...
Giveaway: Zippy Loom Master Set
Congratulations to Pamela!
Last week I told you about my experience with the Zippy Loom, a customizable knitting loom set made to work with super bulky and jumbo yarns.
If you’d like a chance to give the system a … Read More ...
Zippy Loom Knitting Set Review
I was sent the Zippy Loom Master Set
to complete my review, but all opinions are my own.
Loom knitting is a fun and easy way to get started making knit fabric. Kids love it — I had a lot … Read More ...
Man in Hospice Has Made More than 8,000 Hats for the Homeless
There was a lot of great knitting-related news happening while I was too busy to share it, but just in case you didn’t see the story of Morrie Boogaart before, I wanted to make sure you did.
Boogaart is 91 … Read More ...
KnitBits: Inmates Knitting, Expensive Yarn and Fun with Needles
I loved this story from the Idaho Statesman about inmates in the Acute Mental Health Unit at the Idaho Department of Correction loom knitting dog sweaters for the Inmate Dog Alliance, in which prisoners train shelter dogs to make them … Read More ...
Have You Tried Loom Knitting?
I think this holiday break is going to be the time I really try to get my six-year-old interested in yarn crafts. I guess I should say she’s already interested, but I want to sit with her and try some … Read More ...
How to Loom Knit an Infinity Scarf
I haven’t picked up a knitting loom in many years, but I know a lot of people really like this method of producing a knit fabric without knitting needles. (And Vickie Howell recently found that web searches for loom knitting… Read More ...
85-Year-Old Vet Shows Craftiness Knows No Age, Gender
If you need a feel-good story to start of your week, check out this one from the Denver Post about Orville “Mark” Skattum, an 85-year-old National Guard veteran (he served during the Korean Conflict) who has taken up loom knitting … Read More ...
Meet a Robot Who Sticks to Her Knitting
Have you seen Agnes? She’s a lifelike robot made by English artist and inventor Andy Noyes, made of silicone out of molds from a real person. She’s run by DC motors and spends her time operating a knitting loom, … Read More ...
Loom Knitting…. Have You Tried It?
If you’re like me, you used to do this about a million years ago when you were a kid. But, loom knitting is all grown up!
On the Alexe’s Creations blog, check out the cool items she’s knitted and crocheted … Read More ...
How To Knit On A Loom….
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